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ATLANTA, Ga. As recently as
five years ago, talk of 300 bushel
per acre com yields, 100 bushel per
acre soybeans, and 150 bushel per
acre wheat met with some doubt in
much of the agricultural com
munity.
However, a forward-looking
concept known as maximum yield
research (MYR) has begun to
show that higher yields are not
only attainable, but they also
provide needed information to
determine maximum economic
yields for the farmer.
For example, Dr. Roy Flannery
of New Jersey harvested 309 bu/A
corn and 103 bu/A soybeans from
his 1984 research plots. His five
year average yields from the
maximum yield study are 307 bu/A
for corn and 104 bu/A for soybeans
In Ontario, Canada, researcher
Ken Stevenson of Ridgetown
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College of Agricultural Technology
recorded a 1984 com yield of 257
bu/A, the highest corn yield ever in
Canadian research. His average of
244 bu/A for non-irngated corn
over the past three years is con
sidered the highest such average
from research in North America.
Wheat yields over 100 bu/A are
becoming commonplace in
research. In 15 maximum yield
experiments - some for as long as
four years - yields have been
reported 42 tunes. Twenty-five of
those have been over 100 bu/A.
The highest yield of wheat
reported in the West was 182 bu/A
in Oregon and in the East 140 bu/A
from Virginia. Yields of 118 bu/A
were reported from Texas and 100
bu/A from Wyoming, both under
irrigation. Dryland yields of 94
bu/A were reported in Kansas and
63 bu/A from North Dakota.
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“As these high-yield systems are
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economic yields for the growers,”
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Foundation for Agronomic
Research “After researchers
determine yields that are at
tainable for various conditions.
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